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You may now miss the opportunity to tour the White House or see the Navy's Blue Angels perform their aerial acrobatics -- thank sequestration. If you find yourself waiting in longer security snake lines at the airport, thank sequestration. Inconveniences and delays are bad enough, but the recently imposed across-the-board five percent federal budget cuts are starting to have much deeper, and perhaps lasting effects. What happens to the health of our nation’s food supply and our food exports when USDA inspectors are furloughed? Sequestra...

Ravens win -- on and off the football field
A Few Minutes with Mark, February 2013 It’s been nothing short of thrilling to see our community come together with such spirit around our hometown team, the Baltimore Ravens. Their teamwork and commitment to excellence doesn’t end on the field – we are fortunate…
A Few Minutes with Mark: Reflections on 2012
By Mark Furst, President and CEO 2012 was a BIG year. Thanks to you – our donors, volunteers and advocates – we’ve been able to serve thousands of our neighbors in need and get many of them on the path to self-sufficiency. We launched our READ LEARN SUCCEED and Fami…
A Few Minutes with Mark: Giving Thanksgiving
By Mark Furst, President and CEO The holiday season has almost arrived (or perhaps for many of you, has already arrived) – a time of year to make memories with family and friends. Thinking of some of my own fond memories, I can remember one thing that most of them we…
A Few Minutes with Mark: “To the uneducated an ‘A’…
United Way of Central Maryland launches its READ LEARN SUCCEED initiative. Undoubtedly, you mastered it long ago. In doing so the world of opportunity opened up to you. It's one of the reasons you are who you are today. Yet it's so basic that most of u…
President's Perspective: Family Stability Initiative, Part II
(By Mark Furst, September 7, 2012) Last month I commented on the mounting issue of homeless families in central Maryland. Subscribing to the adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” I’d like to highlight a new program that United Way of Cen…
President's Perspective: Family Stability Initiative, Part I
(By Mark Furst, July 26, 2012) Someone once quipped cleverly that “home is the place you go when you don’t want to go anywhere.” Everyone reading this likely has such a place. It is, as we say, where our heart is.
President's Perspective: New School in East Baltimore Promises Change
(By Mark Furst, June 13, 2012) Everyone who is concerned about educational disparities and believes that a high quality education is the most certain path out of poverty should know that something remarkable occurred in east Baltimore early on Monday evening (June 11th…
Ernest C. Kiehne Oustanding Volunteer Award
In 2011, Legg Mason introduced the Ernest C. Kiehne Outstanding Volunteer Award. Named after Ernest “Ernie” C. Kiehne a tireless and long term employee at Legg Mason and dedicated volunteer of United Way of…
President's Perspective: The Land of Opportunity
(by Mark Furst, May 15, 2012) In his book The Epic of America, writer and historian James Truslow Adams coined the term “American Dream” to describe “a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to…
Family Stability
Stabilize Families and Improve LearningNew effort links homelessness and student success Where will I sleep tonight? It's a question many of us never have to ask. For people without a stable housing situation, it's a question that causes constant stress and wor…
President’s Perspective – April 2012
Celebrating Our Volunteers (By Mark Furst, UWCM President & CEO) This week, we are pausing to say "thank you" to the thousands of volunteers who selflessly give their time, effort and expertise. From April 15 through 21, nonprofits across the country are observin…
President’s Perspective- February 2012
Competitive Meritocracy (By Mark S. Furst, UWCM President & CEO) Did you know that United Way of Central Maryland’s (UWCM’s) community impact grant cycle for 2012-2013 is under way? It is one of the important ways UWCM provides help and hope to many of our vulnera…